New Jersey Devils vs. Boston BruinsMar 30, 2021

Final / SOTuesday, Mar 30, 2021· TD Garden

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Boston BruinsBOS

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	2	2	0	0	0	4		NJD	11	12	9	3	35
BOS	1	1	2	0	1	5		BOS	12	13	19	4	48

: NJD 51BOS 78
: NJD 3.07BOS 3.75
PP goals: NJD 0BOS 1
Hits: NJD 22BOS 24
Blocks: NJD 12BOS 8
PIM: NJD 6BOS 8
: NJD 49%BOS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins edge New Jersey Devils 5–4 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat New Jersey Devils 5–4 in a shootout at home. Craig Smith (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917), +17 against a season average of 30.9; the overtime loss.

Points
Craig Smith had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:23.Smith
Points
David Krejci had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:13.Krejci
Points
Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:30.Marchand
Points
Ryan Murray had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:32.Murray
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917), +17 against a season average of 30.9; the overtime loss.Blackwood
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Bratt–Sharangovich skated 12:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Bratt Sharangovich
New line
New look for NJD: Palmieri–Kuokkanen–Hughes skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Kuokkanen Hughes
Goalie
Jaroslav Halak (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +10 against a season average of 25.4; the win.Halak

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · BOS 78 · NJD 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 23% of the game, BOS 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	BOS
	47	73
	2.96	3.13
	2.86	2.96
	13	11
	4	8
	17	18
	+0.032	−0.032
	23%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Bratt – Sharangovich
12:4932% CF
L2Palmieri – Kuokkanen – Hughes
10:1841% CF
L3Wood – Zacha – Merkley
9:2347% CF
L4Johnsson – McLeod – Boqvist
8:2444% CF
D1Subban – Kulikov
16:1824% CF
D2Severson – Smith
16:0239% CF
D3Vatanen – Murray
13:1659% CF

PP1Subban – Severson – Wood – Merkley – Hughes
1:51100% CF
PP2Palmieri – Zacha – Bratt – Kuokkanen – Smith
1:50
PK1FZajac – Zacha
1:04
PK2FMcLeod – Sharangovich
0:53
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
2:04
PK2DSubban – Murray
0:38

Current NJD line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
8:5371% CF
L2Krejci – Smith – Ritchie
8:2789% CF
L3Coyle – Bjork – Senyshyn
8:0147% CF
L4Blidh – Frederic – Kuhlman
5:3450% CF
D1Lauzon – McAvoy
12:2056% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
11:3464% CF
D3Clifton – Zboril
10:0460% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
1:21100% CF
PP2Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – McAvoy
0:45100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Bjork
2:08
PK2FMarchand – Blidh
0:49
PK1DCarlo – Lauzon
1:18
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
0:34

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:28
NJDMiles Wood (P.K. Subban)wrist0.13 xG
NJD: Subban, Kulikov, Wood, Zacha, MerkleyBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
NJD 1 – 0 BOS
5:55
BOSNick Ritchie (David Krejci, Craig Smith)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Severson, Wood, Zacha, Merkley, SmithBOS: Krejci, Smith, Ritchie, Lauzon, McAvoy
NJD 1 – 1 BOS
9:34
NJDMichael McLeod (Jesper Boqvist, Ryan Murray)wrist0.17 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Murray, Johnsson, McLeod, BoqvistBOS: Grzelcyk, Blidh, Carlo, Frederic, Kuhlman
NJD 2 – 1 BOS

2nd period

3:45
NJDTravis Zajac (Jesper Bratt, Ryan Murray)snap0.17 xG
NJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Murray, Bratt, SharangovichBOS: Grzelcyk, Blidh, Clifton, Frederic, Kuhlman
NJD 3 – 1 BOS
15:48
BOSBrad MarchandPP (Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Kulikov, Vatanen, McLeod, SharangovichBOS: Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak
NJD 3 – 2 BOS
17:06
NJDKyle Palmieriwrist0.01 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Murray, Kuokkanen, HughesBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
NJD 4 – 2 BOS

3rd period

10:22
BOSCharlie McAvoy (Craig Smith, Brad Marchand)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Subban, Kulikov, McLeod, Kuokkanen, BoqvistBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Smith, Lauzon, McAvoy
NJD 4 – 3 BOS
16:00
BOSMatt Grzelcyk (Craig Smith, David Krejci)wrist0.02 xG
NJD: Zajac, Subban, Kulikov, Bratt, SharangovichBOS: Krejci, Smith, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, McAvoy
NJD 4 – 4 BOS

Decided in the shootout: NJD 4 – 5 BOS.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	1	2	19:27	—	—	31	39
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	3	0	0	18:48	—	—	35	39
Travis Zajac C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	3	1	0	18:26	—	—	31	38
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.35	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	45	47
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	41	39
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	24	27
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	1	0	20:02	—	—	50	64
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.50	2	1	0	18:13	—	—	53	60
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	11:35	—	—	50	75
Michael McLeod C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	33	53
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	11:02	—	—	50	70
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	32	53
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	1	0	2	22:06	—	—	28	40
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:51	—	—	23	33
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	1	2	23:09	—	—	38	48
Ty Smith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	22:59	—	—	37	50
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.12	0	1	0	18:41	—	—	53	56
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.00	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	51	57

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	48	44	4	.917	3.75	65:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.54	3	0	0	24:03	—	—	49	36
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.21	1	0	4	20:30	—	—	69	57
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	-1	8	0.61	0	0	2	20:15	—	—	75	62
David Krejci C	L2	0	3	3	+2	1	0.15	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	64	58
Nick Ritchie L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.21	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	59	49
Craig Smith C	L2	0	3	3	+3	4	0.30	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	79	76
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	0	0	16:28	—	—	50	47
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	60	64
Zach Senyshyn R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	1	0	0	8:55	—	—	53	53
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:46	—	—	50	23
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.36	1	0	0	8:40	—	—	47	33
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	2	1	0	7:24	—	—	54	34
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.40	1	2	2	27:19	—	—	61	47
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	61	39
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.12	2	1	0	22:46	—	—	64	58
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	2	0	22:14	—	—	67	65
Jakub Zboril D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	1	0	18:06	—	—	56	54
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	50	39

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	35	31	4	.886	3.07	64:59

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.